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Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis

Rome and the world bid farewell to Pope Francis with massive funeral and humble burial

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Presidents, royalty and simple mourners bade farewell to Pope Francis on Saturday at a solemn funeral ceremony, where a cardinal appealed for the pontiff's legacy of caring for migrants,

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Pope Francis funeral updates: Francis at final resting place after route through Rome

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, will be mourned and buried at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major after dying one week ago at 88 years old.

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Pope’s burial place reflects his ‘humble, essential’ life, Rome’s poor will pay him a final tribute

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life. Francis will be buried at St.

popemobile, Rome and St. Mary Major Basilica

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Pope Francis’ coffin leaves Vatican en route to St. Mary Major Basilica

Pope Francis’s coffin left the Vatican on a white popemobile following his funeral at St Peter’s Square on Saturday. Thousands of people lined the streets along the route as the coffin was driven across Rome to its final resting place at the Santa Maria Maggiore basilica.

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Pope’s coffin passes Rome landmarks on journey to St. Mary Major Basilica

Crowds applauded and yelled “Papa Francesco!” as a slow-moving motorcade escorting the Pope’s coffin to his final resting place left the Vatican to make its way across Rome.

BBC · 6h

People line the streets as Popemobile carries coffin through Rome

Large crowds of people have lined the streets of Rome to watch Pope Francis' coffin be carried from the Vatican to his final resting place at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The Pope died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 and one of his final requests was that he be laid to rest in a simple tomb in the ground.

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Mourners from around the world flock to Rome to say goodbye to ‘pope of the people’

Pope Francis is the pope of the people,” Rosa de los Ríos told America in Spanish before the funeral Mass. “He is very close ...

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Pope Francis laid to rest in Rome; 400,000 mourners bid farewell to the ‘pope among the people’

Hundreds of thousands gathered in Rome to bid farewell to Pope Francis, the beloved champion of the poor, after his death at ...

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Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their ‘people’s pope’

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

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Watch Live: Pope Francis' funeral set to begin as Vatican lays late pontiff to rest

The funeral service for Pope Francis is taking place Saturday morning at the Vatican. Watch the ceremony live.

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'Something different in the air' as hushed Rome reckons with Pope's death

Visitors have noticed a unique atmosphere here at the Vatican in the days before Pope Francis's funeral and the conclave.

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How conservative Catholics are responding to Pope Francis' death

In the days since his death, Pope Francis has received widespread praise. But conservative Catholics in the United States have had some qualms about the style and substance of his papacy.

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